Evening

Prospect in Asotin county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276423
MAS/MILS ID 0530030063
Record type Site
Current site name Evening
Alternate or previous names Snake Wild & Scenic River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.93944, 46.01917 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Asotin(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limekiln Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Snake-Asotin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Asotin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 N 047 E 05 SWSE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in record is Asotin county, WA. Lat/long plot 3.4km inside adjacent Nez Perce county, ID. Original coordinates are lat/long NAD27 46-17-9N 116-56-22W (46.2858 -116.9394); UTM N5125589 E504664 Z11; PLSS Meridian- Willamette, 006 N, 047 E, Sect 05, Sect_fract SWSE. UTM agrees with lat/long. However, PLSS coords plot very far away, 46 01 10N 116 56 30W (46.02, -116.942), inside Asotin county. Difference of DMS lat- 16 minutes, long- 8 seconds, DD lat- 0.2658, long- 0.0026 Bib_ref is U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC) so this will be difficult to check. Looks like the reporter typed 17 instead of 1 minutes. The lat minutes was so changed, using WGS84 datum. UTM was cleared.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.93944, 46.01917

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner John Dodson
    Year 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACES OF GOLD WERE DETECTED IN THE CHLORITIC/ARGILLITIC BEDDING CONTACT. THE COPPER IS LOW GRADE AND OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED MALACHITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-SEP-93 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 22-JUL-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.